by Miriam Krause A few months ago, we did our first ever Sustainable Nano Reader Survey. We wanted to get a sense of who our readers are, how you found out about us, how often you visit, …
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Seven Tips for Attending Your First Big Conference
by Miriam Krause Next week, over ten thousand people will converge on the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for the fall 2015 meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS was founded in 1876 …
Invisibility Cloaks & Tomato Juice – Two Videos About Light & Color
by Miriam Krause Last month we posted “Light Can Do Way More Than Bend: Part 2,” in which we talked about using lasers to create a particular type of metamaterial from gold nanoparticles. One exciting …
What Can One Hotel Do to Be Sustainable?
by Miriam Krause Let’s face it, staying in a hotel can be pretty wasteful. All those take-out containers for food, those little soaps in cardboard boxes (or plastic wrap!) that get used three times before …
Who Reads Sustainable Nano?
by Miriam Krause Who reads Sustainable Nano? You do! And we’d love to know a little more about you! Instead of reading a new blog post this week, please take a few minutes to fill out …
Why Don’t We Recycle Styrofoam? – Speaking of Chemistry video
by Miriam Krause This post is part of our occasional “How is that sustainable?” series. You can see our previous post on paper vs. plastic here. This spring, New York City banned the use of …
How Can You See an Atom? – ACS Reactions Video
by Miriam Krause Here at Sustainable Nano, we’ve published several posts talking about the instrumentation used by researchers in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology to visualize nanoparticles and cell membranes, such as atomic force microscopy and super-resolution …
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Fluorescence
by Miriam Krause edited by Ian Gunsolus Our last blog post featured lighting technology powered by algae, and this week is all about a different example of green-colored water: the Chicago River. Every year since …
2014: Sustainable Nano Year in Review
by Miriam Krause It seems like everyone in the world is cranking out a year-end summary today, and we at the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology and Sustainable-Nano.com are no exception! WordPress compiled a handy annual stats report …